Archive for November, 2008

A year of Macs

Saturday, November 29th, 2008

I realized today that it’s been a year since I started using Macs! My first Mac – a 24″ iMac is still going strong and is still as much fun to use as it was a year ago. From being an apprehensive Mac newbie to a comfortable – dare I say – power-user has been [...]

Exchange offer on iMacs

Friday, November 28th, 2008

Apple has advertised this full page ad in today’s Mail Today newspaper. Bring any old PC, laptop or TV and get Rs. 6000/- off on a new iMac.

The asterisk next to the offer says – “Conditions apply. Offer valid only for Apple iMac Smart Exchange and cannot be clubbed with any other offer.”
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iPod nano: belated review and unboxing pictures

Sunday, November 23rd, 2008

My decision to buy a new iPod was made on the back of a debit card receipt (symbolic eh?) over a cup of coffee. This is what my ‘mind-map’ looked like:

As you can probably make out from the scribble above, I was leaning towards an iPod nano. The 16 GB model has been rather late [...]

Microsoft Messenger for Mac gets a new version

Saturday, November 15th, 2008

Microsoft Messenger recently got updated to version 7.
Yahoo! has had a native messenger client for Mac with audio and video support for a while. You can use iChat on Mac OS 10.5 to connect to your Google Talk account; albeit with a catch – audio and video chat works only if your buddy on the [...]

iPhone Tech Talk in Bangalore – are you coming?

Friday, November 14th, 2008

Apple has started sending out confirmations for the iPhone Tech Talk event in Bangalore. The event is on 24th November from 8:30 AM to 5:30 PM at Le Meridian, Sankey Road.
If you attending the event in Bangalore we would love to catch up!
Here is the what the confirmation mail says:
We are pleased to confirm your [...]